Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade

The Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (IIPB) was an Islamic jihadist paramilitary group which was active from 1998 to 2002 during the War of Dagestan and the Second Chechen War. It was composed of between 400 and 1,500 militants (mostly Dagestani Avars and Dargins, as well as Chechens, Arabs, Turks, Azeris, and other foreign fighters). Its leaders were Ibn al-Khattab and Shamil Basayev, and it was responsible for the beheading of six captive Russians in 1999. Khattab was killed in 2002 and Basayev in 2006, and the group was destroyed.